Daniel Zink pushed all in for 35,000 over the top of John Tabatabai's UTG opening raise and Tabatabai called.
Zink
Tabatabai
The flop was , but the turn was the , Zink pounding his fist on the table in frustration before quickly apologizing to his opponent. The river was the , and Zink was sent to the rail.
Some masseuses descended to the lower poker room to work their magic on the stiff or the tense. They've been doing a roaring trade at the WSOPE and the further on it gets, the more tension headaches might be felt at the tables. Anyway, Tony G wanted a massage, but he asked the girl first, "You haven't busted anyone while you've been giving them a massage?" She confirmed that she was not bad luck and started kneading away. Shortly afterwards, he raised preflop and found Gary Jones moving all in over the top for 31,700. He called.
Jones:
Tony G:
Flop:
Turn:
River: - But Tony had already thrown his hand face down into the muck on the turn.
I caught this hand on the river, when button Jon Turner was considering calling the 26k bet out by John Tabatabai.
The board:
He thought for a while, and then called - Tabatabai flipped over the for the flopped nut straight (which had attracted only an unlikely backdoor flush possibility against it over the course of the hand). Turner shook his head, having bumped up Tabatai stack to 145,000, while himself dropping down to just under 70k.
Farzad Bonyadi is the latest player to join the rail, his ran into the of Thomas Dwan. A very low flop meant no help for Bonyadi and another player bites the dust.
With the board reading , Csaba Kuremszki moved all in and got a call from a relatively short-stacked Bob Willis. Kuremszki had a straight with , but Willis had turned his flush with . The river was the and the Irishman started singing "Back in the Saddle Again" as the pot was pushed toward him.
Over at the featured TV table, Kid Poker is bubbling over with excitement after doubling up against Patrik Antonius.
The flop was . Negreanu bet the pot. Antonius raised and Negreanu moved all in. Antonius quickly called.
Antonius:
Negreanu:
Negreanu had an open-ended straight draw, but Antonius held two of his outs. The turn was the and the river was the , which gave Negreanu the Wheel. The always cool and even-tempered Antonius slammed his hand on the table as the dealer pushed the pot towards Negreanu.
That was the second time on Day 3 that Negreanu cracked Aces. Gus Hansen was his victim earlier in the day. Antonius slipped to 285,000 after that hand, while Negreanu increased his stack to 230,000.
TD Jack Effel is announcing the TV table and acting as a waiter while taking drink and food orders for the featured table players. He's a man of many talents. He also did a quick chip count. Here it is:
Seat 1: Patrik Antonius - 285,000
Seat 2: Janne Lamsa - 195,000
Seat 3: Magnus Persson - 205,000
Seat 4: EMPTY
Seat 5: Daniel Negreanu - 230,00
Seat 6: Will Durkee - 160,000
Seat 7: Matthew McCullough - 67,800
Seat 8: Gus Hansen - 475,000
Seat 9: Johannes Korsar - 160,000